'Not in Missouri anymore': 4 days in a Jerusalem shelter with a group of Southern Baptists hiding from Iranian missiles

As war erupted with Iran, we knew we couldn't stay in our strategically located Tel Aviv apartment. What we couldn't have imagined is that we would end up spending days in the company of fiercely God-loving Christians stranded in the middle of their Holy Land tour

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Southern Baptist tourists from Missouri sheltering in a Jerusalem hotel safe room play card games to pass the time. Credit: Judy Maltz

As war erupted with Iran, we knew we couldn't stay in our strategically located Tel Aviv apartment. What we couldn't have imagined is that we would end up spending days in the company of fiercely God-loving Christians stranded in the middle of their Holy Land tour

Judy Maltz

10:02 AM • March 08 2026 IST

If and when war broke out again with Iran, we knew one thing: We needed to get out of our apartment, and fast.

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